Language Arts

Grade 1

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Table of Contents

Grade 1

Chapter 1 Grammar
Parts of Speech
Lesson 1.1 Common and Proper Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Lesson 1.2 Verbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Lesson 1.3 Pronouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Lesson 1.4 Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Lesson 1.5 Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Sentences
Lesson 1.6 Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Lesson 1.7 Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Lesson 1.8 Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Lesson 1.9 Exclamations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lesson 1.10 Combining Sentences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 2 Mechanics
Capitalization
Lesson 2.1 Capitalizing the First Word in a Sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.2 Capitalizing the Pronoun I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.3 Capitalizing Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.4 Capitalizing Place Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.5 Capitalizing Day and Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Punctuation
Lesson 2.6 Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.7 Question Marks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.8 Exclamation Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.9 Commas with Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.10 Commas with Cities and States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lesson 2.11 Apostrophes with Possessives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter 3 Usage
Lesson 3.1 Subject-Verb Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Lesson 3.2 Irregular Verbs: Am, Is, Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lesson 3.3 Past-Tense Verbs: Was, Were . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lesson 3.4 Past-Tense: Add ed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lesson 3.5 Contractions with Not . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lesson 3.6 Plurals with s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lesson 3.7 Irregular Plural Nouns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Lesson 3.8 Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lesson 3.9 Pronouns I and Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Lesson 3.10 Comparative Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lesson 3.11 Synonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Lesson 3.12 Antonyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lesson 3.13 Homophones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lesson 3.14 Multiple-Meaning Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chapter 4 Writers Guide
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson
Lesson

4.1 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
4.2 Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
4.3 Revising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
4.4 Proofreading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
4.5 Publishing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
4.6 Writing a Friendly Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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Lesson 1.1 Common and Proper Nouns

A common noun names a person, place, or thing.

girl (person)

School (place)

pen (thing)

A proper noun names a special person, place, or thing. A proper

noun starts with a capital letter.
Dego goes to Davis Elementary.
Abby has a dog named Milo.
When will you move to Texas?
Complete It
Finish each sentence below. Use a common noun from the box.

buddy

park

ball

bench

1. Today, Leo and I went to the

2. He is my

3. We played catch with my

4. We sat on a

Tip

to drink our juice.

The words a, an and the can help you find nouns.

a swing

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Common and Proper Nouns

Identify It
Look at each word in the box. If it is a proper noun, write it under
Proper Nouns. If it is a common noun, write it under Common Nouns.
man
Ben

teacher
New York

Proper Nouns

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Anna

Longs Toy Store

farm

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Common and Proper Nouns

Sam

Miles

Amina

Rewrite It
Rewrite each sentence. Use a capital letter for each proper noun.
1. jess will go to dalton library today.

2. mrs. ling works at green valley hospital.

3. ted made a left turn on main street.

Try It
Make a list of three proper nouns from your life. You can use names of
people you know. You can use places you visit. Make sure to start
each one with a capital letter.

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Lesson 1.2

Verbs

Verbs are action words. They tell what happens in a sentence.

Jamal drops the ball. Mia laughs at the joke. Tim sets the table.
Identify It
Underline the verb in each sentence.

1. Imani and Kate jump rope.

2. Imani counts.
3. Kate trips on the rope.
4. Imani helps her friend.
Try It
Write another sentence about Imani and Kate. Underline the verb
you use.

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Lesson 1.2

Verbs

Rewrite It
Rewrite each sentence. Change each underlined verb to a new
verb. Choose from the verbs in the box.

trims
walks

sings
swims

draws
reads

bikes

1. Nico skates every Friday.

2. Ava runs home from school.

3. Tess dances in her room.

4. Jon climbs the trees in his yard.

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A common noun names a person, place, or thing.

Review

baby

park

library

car

A proper noun names a special person, place, or thing. It starts with

a capital letter.
Danny
Lena

Florida

Baxter Hospital

A verb can be an action word. It tells what happens in a sentence.

eat

swim

clap

paint

Putting It Together
Read the sentences. Look at each underlined word. Write CN for
common noun or PN for proper noun.
1.

Erik likes to play baseball.

2.

He moved here from Ohio.

3.

His brother plays, too.

4.

Ty gave Erik his old mitt.

5.

They will go to a game at Blick Stadium.

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Review
Circle the verb that completes each sentence.
1. Zack and Nora (dropped, gave) Aunt Kerry a treat.
Review

2. They (lost, baked) muffins.

3. Zack (ate, drew) her a picture.
4. Nora (picked, threw) a bunch of flowers.
5. Aunt Kerry (sat, hugged) Zack and Nora.
6. They (rode, hopped) their bikes home.

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Lesson 1.3

Pronouns

A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun.

Ella paints a picture.

She paints a picture.

Omar and I like to draw.

We like to draw.

The words I, me, you, he, she, him,

her, it, we, us, they, and them
are pronouns.
Match It
Draw a line to match each word or words on the left with a pronoun
on the right.

Ann
the crayon
Ben
Mom and Dad

he
they
it
she

Try It
Write one sentence using a noun. Then, rewrite it using a pronoun.

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Pronouns

Complete It
Read the story. Fill in each blank. Use the pronouns in the box. Make
sure to start each sentence with a capital.

my
he

I
me

them
she

I love to make art.

they
it

hang up all my paintings in

my room. Mom painted one wall with special paint.

said I can draw right on the wall!
little brothers like it, too.

draw

while I am at school. Mom said I should let

drew a dinosaur for
pretty cool.

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. Jake

. I think

is

wants to be an artist, too!

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Lesson 1.4

Adjectives

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells more about a

noun. Adjectives can answer the question What kind?
the yellow duck the hard rock

the shiny penny

Identify It
Circle the adjective in each sentence. Make a line under the noun it
tells about.
Example: Samir has brown eyes.
1. Jada picked the pink roses.
2. A tiny bee buzzed around the garden.
3. Meg planted the green sprouts.
4. She wiped off her dirty hands.
5. Lex looked up at the tall sunflower.
6. What a hot day!

Tip

More than one adjective can tell about a noun.

three pink pigs

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the shiny, red berries

the soft, cozy blanket

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Adjectives

Solve It
Circle the adjectives from the box in the word search.

red
hot

old
smooth

spicy
nice

green
sad

j h

l n w h l

t o

s q e t

c c g r e e n

s m o o t h n

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s p i c y

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